Deputy HR Manager

Impact Multi Academy Trust, Beckenham, BR3 3BE

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  21 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £42,771.00 - £45,750.00 Annually (FTE)

Deputy HR Manager job summary

Impact Multi Academy Trust, based in Beckenham, Kent, is comprised of 5 secondary schools and 3 primary schools. All our schools have a shared educational ethos. We aim for everything we do to be grounded in our core values: Ambition, Inclusion, Collaboration and Trust. Together, we enable everyone to thrive. We put inclusion at the heart of our practice and believe that collaborating with and learning from others is crucial to the success of our schools.

We are looking for a dedicated Deputy HR Manager to join our Trust central team. The successful candidate will work closely with and support our schools, providing efficient, accurate operational and strategic HR advice to the school HR leads and Headteachers.

The role requires someone with a strong generalist HR background, ideally gained within the school sector. A sound understanding of employment law is essential, while knowledge of Teachers' Pay and Conditions and National Joint Council (NJC) terms and conditions would be highly advantageous.

Using your excellent communication skills, you will support school HR leads and Headteachers with casework and a wide range of HR queries. This is a varied role, encompassing both operational HR responsibilities and more strategic people-focused initiatives.

Ideally CIPD qualified (or with equivalent work-based experience), you will have broad experience of leading and supporting recruitment processes, managing casework, reorganisation and TUPE matters, and providing practical HR support and guidance.

As a self-motivated and hardworking individual, you will be able to prioritise your workload effectively, meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure. You will also play a key role in developing and upskilling school HR leads, ensuring compliance with the Trust's policies and procedures.

Additional benefits include:

• Flexibility to work between home and our central office

• Access to Cycle to Work scheme

• Outer London Support Staff Pay Scales

• Generous employer pension contribution

• Continuous Professional Development

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (including on-site flu vaccination)

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all our staff. We particularly welcome applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds as we recognise the vital contribution that members of a diverse team make to our Trust.  The range of cultural experiences, differing viewpoints and role models this brings is essential in our Trust and we recognise the gap that would be left in our offering without these.   

Impact Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, social media check, Barring Services and satisfactory references.

For any other enquiries or should you like to arrange a confidential discussion about the position, please email the HR Manager, Jo Demetris at jdemetris@imat.uk to arrange a time.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Impact Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/langley-park-learning-trust

We believe that being a Trust with both primary and secondary schools is an enormous asset, since it enables us to share our expertise and knowledge, learning from each other to improve the education of children from ages 4 to 18. We have high aspirations for our students that attend Impact Multi Academy Trust schools. We also have high expectations about what they will receive from, and contribute to, their Education. We believe strongly in educating the whole child. We offer our students the highest quality academic education, delivered within a broad, balanced and rich curriculum; alongside which our schools offer a wide range of high quality extra-curricular opportunities, with music and sport a particular strength. Our Trust as it is today was formed in September 2022 and currently comprises seven schools.

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